War on Universities, Lawyers & Expertise

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Harvard and White House Move Toward Potential Landmark Settlement​

A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation’s wealthiest school against the Trump administration’s extraordinary crackdown on higher education.

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Harvard Nears a Deal With the Trump Administration to Restore Funding (Gift Article)

A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation’s wealthiest school against the Trump administration’s extraordinary crackdown on higher education.
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Zoo_View said:
If Duke flat-out fights Trump, I’ll cheer for Duke except when they play UNC…….if our Trumplican chancellor continues being a Trumplican, I’ll just ignore UNC sports and UNC.
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Reminiscent of when dook students conspired with Carolina students to battle the Speaker Ban in the early 1960s -- I despise the institution as I should and on equal terms with my enmity for state college but sometimes nothing is truer and more right than enemies colluding to war with a common foe.
 
So Trump’s trying to crack down on anything he perceives to be a negative portrayal of America. Isn’t MAGA premised on portraying America in a negative light? You know, the whole “again” part of “make America great AGAIN?”
 
dukeman92 said:
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That's a classic case of saying (or tweeting) the quiet parts out loud. They don't want people to learn about the Wilmington Insurrection or the Tulsa Race Massacre or Japanese-American Internment or that white people have done some very bad things to minorities over the centuries. Just focus on mostly whites and a few minorities and present a glossy, rose-colored, "rah rah" view of US History. And for pete's sake don't have people actually think about any of this.
 


“… In a proposed resolution agreement, the department’s Office of Civil Rights asked President Gregory Washington to issue an apology to the university community, conduct trainings to ensure race is not used in any university policy and revise policies as necessary.

… In a statement, acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor alleged Washington implemented “unlawful DEI policies that intentionally discriminate on the basis of race.”…”
 
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